diff --git a/src/include/switch_apr.h b/src/include/switch_apr.h
index f2af8bc24b..a49487c5e2 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_apr.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_apr.h
@@ -1483,8 +1483,14 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_thread_exit(switch_thread_t *thd, switch_
  */
 SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_thread_join(switch_status_t *retval, switch_thread_t *thd);
 
- /** @} */
+/**
+ * Return a human readable string describing the specified error.
+ * @param statcode The error code the get a string for.
+ * @param buf A buffer to hold the error string.
+ * @bufsize Size of the buffer to hold the string.
+ */
 
+SWITCH_DECLARE(char *) switch_strerror(switch_status_t statcode, char *buf, switch_size_t bufsize);
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/switch_apr.c b/src/switch_apr.c
index 329bbeee37..4443c4c7f9 100644
--- a/src/switch_apr.c
+++ b/src/switch_apr.c
@@ -1223,6 +1223,10 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_atomic_dec(volatile switch_atomic_t *mem)
 #endif
 }
 
+SWITCH_DECLARE(char *) switch_strerror(switch_status_t statcode, char *buf, switch_size_t bufsize)
+{
+       return apr_strerror(statcode, buf, bufsize);
+}
 
 /* For Emacs:
  * Local Variables: